Rail Software and Systems Engineer

About the role

Egis is hiring a Rail Software and Systems Engineer for its Rail Business Unit in Brisbane. The engineer designs, develops, integrates and validates software and control systems that support safe, reliable and efficient rail operations, working at the intersection of railway signalling, software, systems engineering and safety-critical assurance.

Key responsibilities

• Develop system architectures, requirements and interface definitions for rail signalling, control and operational systems.
• Design, implement and test software components for signalling, control, monitoring and automation platforms.
• Integrate and maintain systems in operational environments.
• Contribute to safety cases, hazard analyses and compliance with standards such as EN 50126/8/9, IEC 61508 and local rail regulations.
• Develop and run test plans including unit, integration, FAT, SAT and on-track validation.
• Implement monitoring, logging and diagnostic tools for predictive maintenance and operational analytics.
• Work with signalling engineers, software teams, operations, maintainers and suppliers on compatibility and performance.
• Produce technical documentation such as requirements, design artefacts and interface control documents.
• Identify ways to improve system reliability, automation and lifecycle efficiency.

Required profile

• Ideally 3-5 years of experience integrating systems in industrial settings in rail, transport, water, oil & gas, process or energy industries.
• Tertiary qualification in Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, Systems Engineering or a related discipline.
• Experience with real-time or embedded systems is highly valued.
• Ability to work on an on-call roster basis.
• Strong attention to detail, data integrity awareness and clear communication with internal and external stakeholders.

Required skills

• Software engineering principles, software development lifecycles, design principles and coding experience.
• Industrial control systems programming, including SCADA, PLCs and RTUs.
• Requirements management, modelling and interface design.
• Familiarity with the V-model and safety-critical lifecycle processes.
• Lab testing, simulation tools and field commissioning.
• Rail signalling integration with equipment such as interlockings, axle counters and train control systems.